On Wednesday, October 5, nine Ada High Journalism students, ranging from sophomores to seniors, went to Oklahoma State University in Stillwater for the annual Journalism Day. OSU offered many classes throughout the day for journalism students to participate in, taught by Tulsa World reporters, a range of sports reporters and OSU professors. The students had lessons on journalism topics ranging from ‘sportscasting’ to ‘video production’ and even classes on editing yearbooks. These classes are designed to be helpful for the Cougar Call class as they begin to dive into the world of video editing and higher end news articles.

Classes began at 10 a.m. and lasted until 2 p.m. During the day all the Cougar Call staff members split up to all the different sessions, and journalism teacher Jamie Weston also followed along to check out what they’d be learning. Weston thinks the journalism conference will benefit the Cougar Call staff and website.

“It definitely will motivate us. It’s going to remind us to pay attention to what we’ve done and how others will interpret what we write.”

The biggest accomplishment that day was walking into a session room and seeing the Cougar Call website pulled up and being used for demonstration.

This was the highlight of the students’ day and made them realize how much their hard work over a few years has paid off.

Senior Mackenzee Crosby said, “Walking into the room and seeing my articles on the big screen was so cool. It’s great that we got recognized.”

Overall this trip has impacted the students who went. The Cougar Call staff not only got interesting tips on journalism but also bonded and became closer as a group.

Sophomore Taylor Russell said, “I really enjoyed spending time with my classmates. It turns out we all have a lot more than journalism in common.”